rumour

Also known as: rumor

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  • Haiti earthquake of 2010: search and rescue
    In collective behavior: Rumor

    Rumor abounds under certain circumstances. The U.S. psychologists Gordon W. Allport and Leo Postman offered the generalization that rumor intensity is high when both the interest in an event and its ambiguity are great. The U.S. sociologist Tamotsu Shibutani agreed, contending that…

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